Writer's Block

Public Interest

I have a lot of time for Banksy. He says more than most modern artists and says it with skill, grace and humour. His gallery is the street (or was until he became a superstar) and good luck to him. However  graffiti artists must work secretly and Banksy has gone to great trouble to conceal his identity. But the gutter press are on the case and, in the public interest of course, are hellbent on telling everybody who he is. No matter that poor old Banksy could end up with an ASBO and  be driven off the streets by council Jobsworths. It is in the public interest to know who he is, even if we are deprived of his art.

This is the same public interest which resulted in Max Mosely being spied on at a private party, albeit a somewhat exotic one. I wonder if the destruction of his 48 year old marriage is really in the public interest or maybe, just maybe, is it about flogging more papers.

My ambition, in the unlikely of finding myself with a large sum of money to spend, is to have detectives check out the private lives of the editors of The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Express, The News of the World and The Mail on Sunday. These are honourable men and have nothing to hide but I am sure the public would like to have their total probity confirmed.